mtg gruul commander precon March of the Machine: Highlights Gugnur synergizes with landfall, 1/1

You get to take advantage of staying alive via lifegain synergies, and you can use edict effects to keep opponents in check

Beetleback Chief goes more in a Goblin kindred strategy, which is fine, but not synergistic with the rest of the deck

Birds of Paradises low cost is one of its greatest assets

It follows, then, that protection from everything is profoundly powerful, as it means "this card can't be blocked, targeted, enchanted, or damaged by anything." A Creature with protection from everything can't be blocked, can't be targeted by Lightning Bolt or Slice from the Shadows, and can't be locked down by a Pacifism or Icy Manipulator